Policy & Development

Qualitative research experience: participant observation, individual and group interviews, surveys, and desk research. Focus on gender and development, including intersections of human rights, family law, and reproductive health.

Culture & Development Practice. Case study of the U.S. Peace Corps' approach to the study and use of culture in its training programs. Highlights summarized in Worldview magazine, the publication of the National Peace Corps Association.

Amazigh Rights in Morocco. Analysis of Moroccan policies and rhetoric towards linguistic and cultural rights of minorities within the context of both international human rights law frameworks and global politics. Related papers include “Translating Tolerance: The Rhetoric of Muhammad VI of Morocco and the Amazigh Question,” presented (in absentia) at Middle East Studies Association 2012 meeting; and “Language and the Amazigh Question: Charting a Course for Minority Rights,” presented at Les Changements Linquistiques au Maroc: Bilan et Évaluation, Université ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco, 2011.

Sexual Harassment. Part of team that conducted and analyzed a survey on harassment issues given to 150+ Peace Corps volunteers in Morocco and used its findings to design and implement a new training approach to the issue. Presented as a case study for a cross-cultural training approach at Intercultural Communication conference at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, April 2011.